Mud-wing for motor-vehicles.



PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

G FRENTZEN. MUD WING FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION I'ILED,JAN.18, 1906.

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GEORG FRENTZEN, OF AIX-LA-OHAPELLE, GERMANY.

MUD-WING FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed January 16, 1906. Serial No. 296,401.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORG FRENTZEN, professor and royal governmentbuildingmaster, a subject of the King of Prussia, residing atAiXla-Chapelle, Haus Waldheim am Rothagerweg, in the Kingdom of Prussia,Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMud- Wings for Motor vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My present invention relates to mudwings designed especially formotor-vehicle's and the object in view is, to prevent the mud flung fromthe wheels of a motor-vehicle from reaching those arts of the vehiclelying sidewise and bac of the wheels.

In the acccompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a part ofthe fore-part of a motor-vehicle equipped with the im- Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the mud-wing and parts of the vehicle, showing the mud-wingbent on a continuous line. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectional viewsof modifications of the mudwing. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the mud-wingand parts of the vehicle-frame.

The Wheel 1 is connected in a well known manner with the axle 2 attachedto the spring 3, which in turn supports the beam 4 of the vehicle-frame.To this beam the longitudinally and crosswise bent mud-wing 5 issecured. Longitudinally said mud-wing is bent in a vertical plane lyingat right angles to the axle 2 (Fig. 1) and crosswise in a plane lyingparallel to said axle, or at right angles to the first-named plane(Figs. 2, 3 and 4). The bending of the mud-wing in the plane lyingarallel to the axle 2 may be executed in di erent manners, either toform a continuous line, as shown in Fig. 2, or to form a broken line, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4. In the latter case the different flat faces maybe formed of different crosswise angularly bent strips of sheet-metalriveted or fastened in any other suitable manner to each other. Themud-wing surrounds the upper and rearward portions of the wheel 1towards the .space left'between themud-wings and the vehicle-body. Thisadvantageous and practical result is particularly apparent in its truelight when the wheels take u an angular position towards the vehicleody,as for instance when the vehicle describes sharp curves or is wheeledaround.

I claim l 1. A mud-wing for. motor-vehicles consisting of a rigid bodysubstantially inclosing .with its longitudinally curved part therearward upper quadrant of a front-wheel of a motor-vehicle, andtransversely bent to terminate in an integral lateral member forsecuring said mud-wing to the vehicle-body and to admit of saidfront-wheel taking up any desirable angular positions within said body.

2. The combination with a motor-vehicleframe and awheel supporting it,of a mud- Wing consisting of a ri id body substantially inclosing withits longitudinally curved part the rearward upper quadrant of afrontwheel of a motor-vehicle, and transversely bent to terminate in anintegral lateral member for securing said mud-wing to saidmotor-vehicle-frame and to admit of said front-Wheel taking up anydesirable angular positions within said body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORG FRENTZEN.

Witnesses HENRY QUADFLIEG, KARL MoLLER.

